Manifolding device



(No Model.)

B. B. TILTON. MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

.No. 530,806. Patented Dec. 11, 1894;

\WIII INVENTORI I BY cfl A TTOHNEYS,

WITNESSES a M wgfizmr v EDWINB. TILTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,806, dated December 11,1 894. Application filed April 11, 1894. Serial No. 507,145. (No model);

To all whom vit may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. TILTON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Manifolding Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which are used to assist in manifolding work; and the object of my invention is to produce a very cheap and simple contrivance, which is especially adapted for the use of typewriter operators, and which enables several sheets of paper and corresponding sheets of carbon to be placed quickly, and with the nicest accuracy, together so that they may be placed in a proper position in the machine in order that perfect work may result.

A further object of my invention is to construct the device so that it may be conveniently hung up when not in use, and so that the sheets of paper may be Very easily applied to it and as easily removed Without soiling the fingers.

To these ends my invention consists of a manifolding device, the construction of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying my invention; and Fig.2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The device has a flat board 10, which is preferably of wood, although it may be of anything else suitable for the purpose, and this is provided on one side and at oneend with upturned flanges 11 and 11, which flanges are arranged exactly at right angles to each other, thus forming asquare, so that when several sheets of paper are laid on the board with their edges against the said flanges, the sheets are sure to be perfectly true and even with each other.

The board is cut away on opposite sides, as shown at 12, to enable the paper-to be conveniently grasped by the fingers as it lies on the board, and the board is also slightly cut away at the end, as shown at 13, to further facilitate the easy handling of the paper. Near this open end are pins 14, adapted to pierce the paper and hold the sheets in place, as shown in Fig. 2, and the cut away portion of the end of the board is bridged by a hanger 15 by which the board may be hung up when it is not in use.

In using the device,-a sheet of paper is laid squarely on the board and engaged by the pins 14, the sheet of carbon placed on this, another sheet of paper on the carbon, and so on, and then the several sheets of paper and carbon may be raised from the board and inserted in the typewriting machine in the usual manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. Amanifoldingdevice,comprisingaboard having right angled flanges on two adjacent edges and having its opposite sides recessed, substantially as described. 7

2. Amanifoldingdevioe,comprisingaboard having right angled flanges on two adjacent edges, recessed sides, and a hanger at one end, substantially as described.

3. A manifoldingdevice,comprisingaboard having right angled flanges at adjacent edges,

side recesses, a hanger at one end, and fastening pins, all substantially as described. EDWIN B. TILTON. Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, O. SEDGWICK. 

